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German Military invades The Second Polish Republic
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The UK and France declared war on Germany in defense of Poland.
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The Dutch received word of a German Blitzkrieg when a Nazi plane crash landed on a Dutch airfield
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The Dutch government feared that military information would get leaked to the Germans, so they authorized martial law.
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The Germans started their blitzkrieg by dropping bombs and paratroopers onto the Netherlands
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The main Dutch line fell and the Queen of the Netherlands is forced to flee.
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The city of Rotterdam was given an ultimatum between surrendering or being destroyed, but before the time ran out General Schmidt bombed the city
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The Netherlands officially capitulates to the German Reich
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The Germans installed Reich Commissioner Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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Almost all of Western Europe is controlled by the Axis including France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark
